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Cascade Brewing “Raid the Cellar” Sale

Cascade Brewing is holding a rare “Raid the Cellar” sale of vintage bottles at the Cascade Barrel House from July 22nd through 29th. All the northwest sour ale bottles on sale are from prior to the bottle and logo rebrand in 2017. All bottles will be only $10 each or six for $55 with mixed cases for $100.

The Raid the Cellar sale is taking place ONLY at the Cascade Brewing Barrel House, located at 939 SE Belmont St.

“With each sour release, we add a few cases to our vintage library for long-term aging, and after more than 10 years of building that collection, we decided it was time to comb through and pull some of the best bottles to make available during the Oregon Brewers Festival,” explained Kevin Martin, Director of Brewery Operations. “This bottle sale will help us free up space in our library storage for new beers that won’t resurface again for another five to 10 years!”

As the sale coincides with the 32nd annual Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland, Cascade Brewing has arranged for a free shuttle between the festival and the Barrel House on Friday, July 26, and Saturday, July 27, from 3pm to 8pm with pick up and drop off under the Morrison Street Bridge.

For more information, visit CascadeBrewing.com and engage with the brewery on social media at @CascadeBrewing.

About Cascade BrewingCascade Brewing has been a pioneer in the sour beer renaissance since 2006 and is the proud innovator of the Northwest Sour Ale. Its distinctive sour beer blends feature fruit forward, barrel-aged ales with an emphasis on project year-to-year variation. These beers offer a complex array of flavors derived from the acid, the fruit and the residual flavors present in the barrels in which they age. The resulting beers offer a complex array of flavors and aromas derived from with each project year release capturing the unique subtleties of that year’s growing season. Cascade Brewing’s sour ales are brewed and blended in Portland, Oregon; the company also has two taprooms in Portland, the Cascade Brewing Barrel House in Southeast, and the Lodge at Cascade Brewing in Southwest.

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